[Winning a lucky draw]

Sure, I’ve won a handful of FB contests and remote lucky draws with the F1 tickets being the best so far. But it’s quite another thing to win ON STAGE a lucky draw!

At every event, I would hold on to my lucky draw ticket, waiting and wishing the number on my paper would be called. And when the emcee reads down to the last digit, I often get disappointed. But on Wed, the emcee read all 5 digits right down to my number! I got a shock! Really? Is it me? Is it my number? Is this it? Is this the moment I’ve been waiting for?

I jumped! I screamed against all the loud background music just to catch the attention of the emcee amid all the tall heads! I certainly don’t want them to do a 5th redraw! And so, I made my way forward, bumping into people’s shoulders and seeing people towering over me makes me afraid that he didn’t see me at first! While walking up, I could hear some of my colleagues say, “Wah, it’s really you ah?”

I got onto the stage, had to do a dance (which is so awkward cos I don’t dance) and then showed my ticket to the emcee. At that moment, I was so afraid that I heard it wrongly and how embarrassing it would be for me onstage. But the numbers matched! All 5 of them! Phew! And so I claimed my prize, shook hands with the CEO and became an owner of an iPad!

On the way down, my colleagues hi-five me and congratulate me. I was touched that they are happy for me; cos my winning is their loss.

Well, the whole experience is really something. It’s different. It’s scary cos you are afraid you heard it wrongly. And it’s overwhelming cos you are ON STAGE, in front of everyone and they can all see you! They know who you are and that you have won from over 300 people! What are the chances!

Still, I’m thankful for this chance and it’s like a farewell gift from SAFRA, especially receiving it from the hands of the CEO.

Thank you.